Hayloader



Jan, 9, 19230 1,441,787...

, C. R. DAVIS.

, HAYLOADER.

ORIGINAL F-ILED MAR. 14. 1918.

head and its teeth 18 are free to rise relatively to the main frame about the pivots 19 when passing over irregular ground.

' It will 'be noted thatthe rake teeth 18 are arranged to pick up any loose hay missed by the rake teeth on the cylinder and to guide the hay forwardly to insure the proper entr of hav into the throat of the machine.

lhe teeth, however are constructed 111 a "novel manner so that they may be easily de- 'tached when they are not necessary in the operation and so that when 111 use they will prevent the' hay' from lodging against or being obstructed by the head portion 16. t y 9 s 1 LLS saown in A igs. and 3 the l'ane teeth.

\ are connected in pairs tothe rake head. Each "rake tooth is bent at one end to form an elbow 23 wh ch is adapted to be clamped or otherwise rigidly secured to one face of the headportion 16 by means of a bracket 24 and" a bolt Inthe present instance, the

teeth are clamped to the forward upright 'wingsof the angle iron head 16 and the shank portions of the teeth are bent forwardly as at 26, so as to he m a plane substantially forward of the rake head for the purpose of preventing the hay as it passes upward and forward from becoming caught 'bracketQ L 1S shaped on one face to provide a groove whlchrece ves the elbows of a pair or many way obstructed by the head. The

of rake teeth and is further shaped to pro vlde a ledge 27 adapted to engage the top of the angle iron head 16, so that by means of the single bolt passing through the head a pair of rake teeth may be rigidly clamped to the head and prechided from any accidental displacement.

Means is now provided for raising the rake teeth to an inoperative position so that whentheloader is transported idly the teeth will not strike the ground. This means. shown only in Fig. 1, consists of a lever 28 pivoted at :29 to the frame structure at each side of the loader and pivotally connected ,inter mediate its ends at 31 by means of a link 32 to the rake head at the point'33. As already mentioned, the rake head normally rests'on the set screws 22 carried by the main frameand is adapted to be swung upwardly about the pivots 19 for the purpose of widening the throat between the compressor and the elevator and for adjusting the teeth with respect to the ground, and as is now apparent for elevating the rake teeth to an inoperative position for transportation. By swinging the levers 28 forwardly, the rake head will be raised to an elevated position by means of the toggle connection betwecn the head and frame provided by the levers 9.8 and the links 32. \Vhen the rake head has been fully elevated by movement of the levers to the postion indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1, which position is limited by Contact of the levers against the frame bar the pivots 31. will have been moved past a dead-center line intersecting the pivots 29 and 83, so that due to the weight of the rake head, the latter will be automatically locked in elevated position. To lower the head, the levers 28 may be swung rearwardly past the dead-center locking position, whereupon the rake head will be free to swing downwznkdly under its own weight to the working position limited by the set screws 22. Upon elevating the rake teeth the compressor structure is simply shifted forwardly and upwardly by the rake head, it being manifest that the upper con'iprcssor structure will simply slide n nvardly on the spring members 1 1. Thus the rake teeth will be raised and lowered without interfering in any respect with the opcrativoncss of the compressor.

It is believed that the foregoing conveys a clear understanding of my improvemcnts. and while I have illustrated but one working embodiment thereof, various changes might be made in the construction without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as expressed in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a hay loader, the cmnbimition with hay gathering and elevating means, of a rake head pivotally mounted at its forward end and equipped at its rear end with rake teeth arranged to pick up hay at the rear of the gathering means, a. toggle connection between the frame and rake hcad at a point on the latter intermediate its pivot and rake teeth and operable for raising the rake head, and means to operate it and to lock it in an elevated position.

In a hay loader, the con'ibination with hay gathering and Heating means, of a rake head pivotally mounted at its forward end and equipped at its rear end with rahc teeth arranged to pick up hay at the rear of the gathering means, a hand lever for each side portion of the rake head, and a link connection between each hand lover and the rake head arranged so that by operating the lever the rake head will be raised and the lever and link will be carried into substantially dead-center relation for lockin; the rake head in elevated position.

3. In a hayloader, the combination with a frame and hey gathering means, of a genen ally ti -shaped rake head hztvlng its spaced arms plvotally connected at them forward ends toeide portions of the frame and its Cross portion ez ztendlng tra1'1sve1'se1y oi? the rear end of the loader and equipped With a, plurality of depending rake teeth, and e set'serew on the frame for each arm f rming a seat upon which it rests, whereby to adjust and limit the working position of the teeth and to permit the rear end of the rake head to swing n1 vardly on its pivotal mounting when occasion requires.

GALVEN DAVIS. 

